The Shoe Box, Heather is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1983. Commercial building. 8 related planning applications.
The Shoe Box, Heather
- WRENN ID
- veiled-remnant-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxbourne
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1983
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- The Shoe Box, Heather, 79 and 81, High Street, EN11 8TL
- OS grid reference
- TL 372 087
- Coordinates
- 51.76045, -0.01204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shoe Box, located at 79 and 81 High Street in Hoddesdon, is a building that dates from the 17th century with a brick dated 1735 featuring the initials 'I.L.' and was raised to three storeys in 1842, marked by another brick with the initials 'J.H.'. It is constructed of red brick and has a low slate roof. The first floor has a moulded wooden floor band above four flush sash windows, which have been altered by modern shop fronts below. On the second floor, there are three 6/6-pane flush sash windows. The building features plain pilasters at the centre and on the north side, as well as plain eaves. There is evidence of an internal timber frame, and a 17th-century brick cellar is located on the north side (No 81). The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Shoe Box, Heather sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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